Wow, Paul Ryan has a video out that shows him all hot for 'the wall'. With the GOP brand falling hard, it looks like they have been doing some serious thinking, and have decided to play up something that has some real bite with the GOP base, following Trump's lead on this.
Trump has also come out with immigration curbs, calling for prospective immigrants to speak English and have higher skills. On the other side of the equation, deportations continue to rise - kicking out the wrong people, bringing in only the right people. Also related, the Justice Department is opening litigation against universities to put an end to race-based affirmative action.
These are policies that are not really crazy. I mean, it is racial and Republican, but there is a sensibility to them, with the real kicker that this is probably what most Americans want, and maybe it could save the GOP. Going into this week there was a lot of talk about the Democrats being able to take back Congress. Ryan and the Republicans seem to have sobered up and are ready to make the best play they can with the cards they have - and help to keep America white while they are at it.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
